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Caesarea. Third century, CE. Engraved column. Honorific.


Transcription Αὐρήλιον Μάρωνα ἐπίτροπον τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διέποντα τὰ μέρη τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ν ς Ἀλέξανδρος ἑκατόνταρχος τόν φίλον.
Translation The centurion N- Alexandros honors his friend Aurelios Maron, procurator of Augustus and acting governor.
Diplomatic [no diplomatic]

Transcription

Αὐρήλιον Μάρωνα ἐπίτροπον τοῦ Σεβαστοῦ διέποντα τὰ μέρη τῆς ἡγεμονίας Ν ς Ἀλέξανδρος ἑκατόνταρχος τόν φίλον.

Translation

The centurion N- Alexandros honors his friend Aurelios Maron, procurator of Augustus and acting governor.

Diplomatic

[no diplomatic]

Terminus post quem:: 200 CE
Terminus ante quem:: 300 CE

Notes

Column of gray marble with blue and white bands, pointed at the top. Text begins 0.12-0.13 m from top of column. Dimensions given are for inscribed area only. Entire column is 1.35 m high and 0.43-0.46 m in diameter at the base. Same column as caes0004 and caes0006.

Languages

Greek, Latin

Dimensions

H: 41 cm; W: 47 cm; D: —

Date

200 CE to 300 CE

Current location

Israel Museum

Figures

No figures described.

Bibliography

Source of diplomatic

No bibliography available for diplomatic transcription.

Source of transcription

No bibliography available for transcription.

Source of translation

No bibliography available for translation.

Other sources

Lifshitz, B. “Légions Romaines En Palestine.” In Hommages à Marcel Renard, Vol. 2, edited by Jacqueline Bibauw, 458–69. Collection Latomus 102. Bruxelles, 1969.

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Lifshitz, B. “Légions Romaines En Palestine.” In Hommages à Marcel Renard, Vol. 2, edited by Jacqueline Bibauw, 458–69. Collection Latomus 102. Bruxelles, 1969.

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Robert, Louis. “Documents d’Asie Mineure.” Bulletin de Correspondence Hellénique 101, no. 1 (1977): 43–132.

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L’Année Épigraphique, 1976.

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L’Année Épigraphique, 1978.

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Lehmann, Clayton Miles, and Kenneth G. Holum. “The Greek and Latin Inscriptions of Caesarea Maritima.” In Joint Expedition to Caesarea Maritima Excavation Reports, Vol. 5. Boston: American Schools of Oriental Research, 2000.

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Avi-Yonah, Michael. “Lucius Valerius Valerianus, Governor of Syria, Palestine.” Israel Exploration Journal 16, no. 2 (1966): 135–41.

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Lifshitz, Baruch. “Césarée de Palestine, Son Histoire et Ses Institutions.” Aufstieg Und Niedergang Der Römischen Welt II.8 (1977): 490–518.

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Supplementum Epigraphicum Graecum. Vol. 26, 1976.

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Speidel, Michael P. “The Last of the Procurators.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 43 (1981): 363–64.

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Christol, M. “A Propos d’inscriptions de Césarée de Palestine: Compléments Aux Fastes de Syrie Palestine.” Zeitschrift Für Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 22 (1976): 169–76.

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